Amalia Euphrosyne Lindegren (22 May 181427 December 1891) was a Swedish artist and painter. She was a member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architec ...

(1856).

Biography

Amalia Lindegren was born in

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to Anna Catharina Lindgren (d. 1817), who was married to the caretaker Anders Lindgren. After the death of her mother, she was adopted by the wealthy widow of her alleged biological father, the nobleman Benjamin Sandels. Her position as a child was somewhat humiliating, as a form of charity object for the upper classes, and in her later work, her paintings of sad little girls are believed to be inspired by her childhood. She displayed an early talent, making and selling drawings in the manner of

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: she started to paint in oil in 1839, became a student of

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in 1842, and participated in her first exhibition the following year. In 1846, her drawings were noted by the artist and art teacher Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810–1867), who was impressed and, through his connections made her one of the four women accepted as students at the

in 1849, the other three being

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, Agnes Börjesson and Jeanette Möller.Carin Österberg (in Swedish) : Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare (Swedish women: Predecessors, pioneers) Lund: Signum 1990. () At the time women could only study at the academy by dispensation, as women students where not formally accepted to study at the same terms as male students at the Academy before 1864. In 1850, she became the first woman student to be given a scholarship by the academy to study art in Paris. In Paris, she was the student of Léon Cogniet and then Ange Tissier; in 1854, she studied at the Alte Pinakothek in Münich, in 1854–55 in Rome, and participated in the World Exhibition of Paris in 1856 before returning to Sweden in 1856. She visited Paris again in 1859. Lindegren socialized with famed culture personalities of the era such as Fredrika Bremer,

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and Sophie Adlersparre, but she was described as a silent and modestly humble introvert, who never married, had any lovers or spoke much at social occasions, who: "lived a retiring life without making a fuss about herself, worked hard and was seldom or never satisfied with what she produced". She died in Stockholm.

Artist

Lindegren is associated with the

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. She painted portraits and genre and was inspired by Adolph Tidemand, Hans Gude and Per Nordenberg and the contemporary German style. The painting she sent home from her studies in Paris was a scene of the drinking of alcohol, which according to the academy was "for a woman a surprising motif ..This drinking scene bears no traces of having been painted by a spinster." In 1857, she made a study trip to Dalarna, and her paintings in the sentimental style with motifs of peasant everyday life from Dalarna, often of sad little girls (thought to be inspired by her childhood) was to make her "The most popular Swedish woman painter of her time". Her perhaps most famed painting, ('The Final Rest of The Little One') was displayed in Paris in 1867, in

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in 1876, and in

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in 1893. As a portrait painter, she was recommended for her talent of observation and likeness of the object, and was regarded to be one of two most fashionable portrait painters alongside Uno Troili, and once painted the queen,

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Recognitions

Lindegren became an agré in 1853, a title given to younger artists who worked in the spirit of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and in 1856 she became a member. She was an honorary member of the British Female artists Society in London, and awarded the

Litteris et Artibus Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature. The ob ...

Gallery

Image:'Study of a Man in Turkish Dress' by Amalia Lindegren, 1854.jpg, ''Study of a Man in Turkish Dress'', 1854 Image: Amalia Lindegren.jpg , ''Porträttstudie av ung kvinna Image:Lovisa (Vilhelmina Fredrika Alexandra Anna Lovisa), 1828-71, drottning av Sverige.jpg, Lovisa (Vilhelmina Fredrika Alexandra Anna Lovisa), 1828–71, 1859 Image:Söndagsafton i en dalastuga av Amalia Lindegren 1860.jpg, ''Söndagsafton i en dalastuga'', 1860 Image:Breakfast (Amalia Lindegren) - Nationalmuseum - 17996.tif, ''Frukosten'', 1866 Image:Drottning Lovisa av Danmark 1851-1926 av Amalia Lindegren.jpg,

Lovisa of Sweden Louise Josephine Eugenie of Sweden ( sv, Lovisa Josefina Eugenia; 31 October 1851 – 20 March 1926) was Queen of Denmark from 1906 until 1912 as the spouse of King Frederick VIII. Born into the House of Bernadotte, Louise was the only surviv ...

, 1873 Image:Signe Hebbe.jpg,

Signe Hebbe Signe Amanda Georgina Hebbe (30 July 1837 – 14 February, 1925) was a Swedish operatic soprano and instructor. Life Signe Hebbe was born in Värnamo to the journalist Vendela Hebbe and Clemens Hebbe. Education In 1848, at the age of elev ...

, circa 1890 Image:Amalia Lindegren - Lillans sista bädd ('The last bed of The Little One') - Google Art Project.jpg, 'The last bed of The Little One' Image:Study of a female model, by Amalia Lindegren.jpg, Study of a female model

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